Garment-supporter.



G. H. SNOW.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1908 Patented May 3, 1910.

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GEORGE H. SNOW, OF WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon H. SNOW, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Walpole, in the county of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. have invented an Im rovement in Garment-Supporters, of Wl'llCll the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention has reference to garment supporters, and refers particularly to supporters known as suspenders, used by men to support the trousers.

My invention comprises the novel features set forth in the following specification.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated herein,-Figure 1 is a perspective view, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a etail view upon an enlarged scale of one side of the belt attaching member; Fig. 3 is a similar View of the opposite side of the same; Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 03-00, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a cross sectional detail on the dotted line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

My invention comprises suspension members to be worn over the shoulders and a belt member carried thereby and adapted to be secured to the trousers or other garment to be supported.

Referring first to Fig. 1, the suspension members comprise two shoulder straps 1-1,

similar to the ordinary Suspender straps and connected at a point below the upper portions thereof and back of the shoulders of the wearer, by a back strap 2, which, in turn, is provided with a take-up buckle 3, and a connecting member 3 adapted to engage an elongated ring 4, of the ordinary t e.

llhe shoulder straps 11 are provided respectively near their front lower ends, with suitable take-up buckles 5, which permit adjustment of the straps to the convenience of the wearer and are also provided with suitable rings 5 to receive the connecting members 5. The front connectin members 5 may be conveniently disengaged from the ends of the shoulder straps 1 when desired or necessary. The front connecting members 5 and the rear lower ends of said shoulder straps are secured, respectively, in suitable manner to the out turned ends 5 of V-shaped supporting members or connectors 6.

The connectors 6 are made preferably of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fi1ed July 24, 1908.

Patented May 3, 1910.

Serial No. 445,127.

wire, sufficiently rigid to keep the two ends of the straps 1 separated and to preventthem from being drawn together and pinching the shoulders by the weight of the trousers thereon. Said members 6 may be provided with a woven or knitted covering a of any suitable kind to prevent the moisture from the body causing the same to rust, or it may be nickel plated or otherwise treated for the purpose. The lower ends of the connectors 6 may be provided with ferrules over the woven covering, where it is embraced by the clasp 8.

The connectors 6 are engaged by suitable detachable clasps 8, to which are connected straps 7, the lower ends of which are secured to the contracted ends of the inverted V- shaped, preferably wire hangers 9 secured to and preferably below or under the lower edge of the garment supporting member, shown as a belt or band 10. This belt is constructed of any suitable material which is pliable laterally, to enableit to conform to the body ofthe wearer but which is sufliciently rigid vertically to support the trousers, in proper position about the body the belt itself being suspended from the shoulders at two points only, preferably at the sides, by the straps 7. I have found that .a belt constructed of a fabric composed of a fine wire cloth, overlaid with a coating of gelatin or similar substance and covered upon the outside with cloth or any similar substance as desired, gives excellent results. The inner surface of the belt may be left uncovered for washing and cleansing, to remove the effect of perspiration. The belt is provided with a take-up buckle 13 and a loop or ring 14; at one end, and a clasp 15 at the opposite end, so that it may be adjusted to the waist measurement of the wearer and easily clasped or unclasped to apply the same to or remove it from position. These hangers 9 may be bent under and closely against the belt and in addition thereto may be fastened in place by stitching, or by any appropriate fastening means. The apices of the V-shaped hangers protrude sufiiciently above the'edges of the belt to ermit the straps 7 to be conveniently secure thereto.

The trousers may be attached to the belt by a plurality of clips 16, see Figs. 1 and 2. Each such cli comprises a rectangular member or loop 1 7 preferably of wire, provided at its upper end with a cross plate 18, the edges 19 of which (Fig. 3) are turned under and about the loop 17 and are recessed at their inner edges at 20, to receive and confine the hinge ears 21 of the tongue 22. The top of the loop 17 has hinged to it a locking member 23 comprising an outwardly de: pending portion 24 (Fig. 4) holding a clamping button 27, and inwardly depending leg members 25. These legs overlie two notches 3031 (Fig. 5) upon the tongue 22. WVhen the tongue is in raised position, as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 4, the locking member 23 is in its dotted or unlocked position. By pressing down upon the tongue 22 the legs 2525 of the locking member are raised or turned outwardly from the plate 18 to close the button 27 upon and to closely grip the interposed band of the trousers, pressing the latter into a cooperating recess 32in the said plate 18 which strengthens the grip.

To use my garment supporter, the belt is first positioned inside the waist band of the trousers and the locking members 23 slipped over the upper edge of said waist band. The tongues 22 are then depressed to firmly grip the trousers band. The straps ll having been slipped over the shoulders, the strap 7 is clasped to the connector 6 by means of the clasp 8, and the belt is adjusted to the waist measurement and the ends secured by the clasp 15 and ring 14.

When desired, the belt may be readily unclasped at 8 from the shoulder straps. While the belt is sufliciently rigid, vertically, to hold the trousers suspended in position about the body, the suspension is really from two points only, directly beneath the shoulders, thus relieving the back and chest from any pressure of the shoulder straps, whether the body is in an upright or stooping posture, and bringing the weight of the trousers at all times directly upon the tops of the shoulders, thus permitting much freer movement of the body when bendingover than would otherwise be the case.

Depending from the side straps 7 are short straps 11, provided with clasps 12 at their lower ends, and adapted to be fastened tothe' band of the under-drawers to support the same in a manner similar to the trousers.

Claims 7 1. A garment supporter comprising in combination shoulder straps having front terminal connecting members, a metallic con-v nector for the opposite ends of each strap having divergent ends, a clasp attached to the intermediate portion of each connector, and a metallic hanger attached by its intermediate portion to each connector and hav-. ing downwardly divergent ends for connection to a garment belt or band.

2. A trousers supporter comprising in combination shoulder straps having separated ends, awire connector secured to the opposite ends of each strap and positively spacing said ends apart, a clasp attached to the intermediate portion of each connector, a substantially inverted V shaped wire hanger attached by its intermediate portion to each clasp and having hooked lower ends, and a trousers supporting belt sustained by said hooked ends and having means for connecting it to the trousers.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE H. SNOW, lVitnesses EVERETT S. EMERY, ROBERT H. K uMLE 

